The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-01-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The Duluth, Mankato & Southern Min
nesota Railroad company, with John +.
Meagher OF Mankato as president has been
organized. The line of the company is
from Duluth to st. Cloud, thence to Litch-
field on to Mankato, thence to st. Claire,
to Alma City, to New Richland, to Geneva,
to Austin, and ~ branch from Alma City,
southerly to Albert Lea. The capital
stock is 100000 The reason for TAX
ing this action now is that the company
will ask this legislature to transfer to it
the franchise OF the old Austin, Mankato
d St. Cloud road, now held by the Milwav.
kee road.
Warden H. G. Stordock has appointed I.
A. Westby deputy warden OF the peniten-
tiary at Saltwater. Mr.. Westby has lived
in Red Wing for eighteen years, and is well
known throughout the state. He has
served one term as deputy sheriff Of Good.
hue county, and for the last ten years has
been chief OF police OF Red Wing. Four
years ago he was assistant sergeant-at-
arms OF the state senate. and at the last
session was elected sergeant alarms.
The Litchfield Wooden mill, which has
been in operation only since the first OF
last April has proven satisfactory in it's
operations.
The total number of births in Anoka,
county in 1886 was 287, and deaths 176.
The report OF the births and deaths in
Dakota county for 1886 shows the number
OF births 522 and deaths 212. OF these
numbers Hastings reports 131 births and
76 deaths.
Clough Bros. of Minneapolis have just
purchased the Woodbury. pine lands on
Rum river, owned by j. p. Woodbury. oil
Kalamazoo, Mich, the price paid being
S105, 600 cash down..
st. Cloud has paid over to the water
power company the last $4,000 of the
500, 600 bonus given by the city for the
building OF the dam across the Mississippi
river and the canal. The engineers report
ed the work completed.
Pensions have lately been allowed to
the following people in Minnesota: Syl-
lin. ST. Cloud; n. Hanmann, Elmore; c. E.
Brown, Minneapolis; T. L. Doble. Murdock;
James III. Linney, Delvan Station; E. j.
Russell, East Granite Falls; Charles Vena.
ble Plainview; minors of d. A. NJ. Pillson,
Burnhamville; Peter Brown, Scott; j. F.
Dougherty, Kandiyohi; John Bitter. Wa
coma; J. w. DewalI Red Wing. Pensions
Durham, LIE Sueur; Charles Homan. Crooks.
ton; James Doherty, LIE Sueur; Fritz
Maixner, White Bear.
West st. Paul wants to have a sento.
rial district all by itself.
At Minneapolis Judge Young declines tc
grant a divorce to Albert P. Martin.
The senate confirms all of Gov. McGill's
appointments.
]. A. Westby is appointed deputy war.
den OF the Saltwater penitentiary.
The legislature will be asked to appro.
pirate $25, 600 year for five years for Red
river d rainage.
At the annual meeting of the Minnesota
Sheriffs' association at st. Paul, Sheriffs
from twenty counties OF the state
were present. Officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President, Fred
Richter of Ramsey county; vice president,
John Nugent. Wright county; secretary. P.
P.Swenson; Hennepin county; treasurer;J.
E. Gettman, Dodge county.
Fully five thousand people paid admis-
sion at Minneapolis to witness the six
round glove contest between John L. Sulli-
van and Patsey Cardiff. The fight, if any
thing, was a worse hippodrome than the
recent fasco in st. Paul between Pat Kill
len and Billy Bradburn, the heavy hitter
OF the Chicago stock yards. The announced
terms OF the fight were 75 per cent. Of the
receipts to the winner and 25 to the loser.
The referee, Pat Sullivan, the Mike Nc
Donald of Minneapolis, declared the fight
n draw.
The depot at Sleepy Eye. the upper part
OF which was occupied by train dispatchers,
was burned to the ground. Chief Train
Dispatcher F. n. Stewart, after saving
some instruments, narro wly escaped
through window OF the second story.
The school house in District No. 9, three
miles southeast of Rochester was burned,
the fire being caused by the explosion OF
bo or
Continental for $3.50.
At Red Wing, the store of John A. Ora.
ham, dealer in dry goods and notions, has
been closed on a writ of attachment. The
failure, which was entirely unexpected, is a
heavy one.
Swede, aged sixty years, was frozen to
death while walking from the train at Bel.
trami to Edna.
+. August Anderson, Swede, who lived
with c. w. Condit in the town of Moscow,
Freeborn county, committed suicide by
hanging himself in the barn.
There is a revival OF religion at Waseca.
Thomas Cowing, one OF the oldest set
tiers OF Douglas county, was buried at
lexandria. He was seventy-fve years OF
age, born in Farnley, Northum berland
county, England, came to the United
States in 1850, settling in Dane county,
Wis.,, removed to Adams county, Wis. in
1857 and to Douglas county, Minn., Ang.
l, 1861. He was the last OF u family Of
thirteen. Seven of his children followed
his remains to the grave. as follows: George
F., Hon. T. F. and Will H., Fergus Falls;
Albert and Mrs. Libbie Hubert, Crook
ston; Mrs. Mary Reynolds, st. Cloud, and
Hon. J. P. Cowing OF Alexandria, two
children being absent.
Mr.. Crisp, from the committee on com.
merce, OF the National House, reported
favorably with amendment Mr.. Nelson's
House Bill No. 1O,295, authorizing the
Duluth & Manitoba railroad to build a
bridge across the Red River of the North
at a point on the boundary line between
the counties OF Polk and Marshall and the
county OF Grand Forks, Oak.
At Minneapolis, Kent. T. Z. Swanson was
crushed to death between load OF lumber
and box car on private railway track.
People from many parts of the north
west and many large cities attended the
Sullivan slugging match at Minneapolis,
and were disgusted at the outcome.
The Minnesota Forestry Association at
it's annual session elected the following of.
fcers: President-Ex- Gov. Wm. R. Mar
shal, st. Paul; Vice Professionalism
Somerville, Eyota; j. III. Brown, Provi-
dence; w. H. Fuller, Litchfield J. n. Stew
ems, Minneapolis; Wms Barrett, Big Stone.
Secretary-C. L. Smith, Minneapolis.
Treasurer-J. F. Williams, st. Paul. Ex.
ecutive Committee-George L. Becker, st.
Paul; Z. D. Potter, Minneapolis; H. Trott,
st. Paul; Senator Clark, Window; H. e.
Hoard, Montevideo.
The following named Minnesota post
masters have been commissioned: w. J..
Ross, Harthcote; William Baer, Dora.
New postoffices have been established in
Minnesota as follows: Evans. Brown
county. with NJ. Narsette, postmaster:
Oatesville, Washington county, with Chas.
Ekdahl, postmaster.
Nine students were matriculated at the
Seabury Divinity school at Earibault re-
Gently.
Mr.. Strait has been notified that pcn.
alons have been granted John Ritzsr of
Waconia, J. T. Dougherty of Kandiyohi
and Peter Brown of Jordan,
Mrs. James King OF Ort onville, was suf.
located by coal gas.
At the meeting OF the executive commit.
tee OF the State Farmers alliance held at
the Clarendon hotel IL was decided to hold